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Southern First Bancshares Inc

SFST
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
National Commercial Banks
SEC CIK
0001090009

In the last 90 days, Southern First Bancshares Inc insiders filed 1 open-market purchase and 8 sales; 165 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $522.1M in total; Soros Fund Management is the only superinvestor holding it.

13F holders, Q1 2025

Institutional positions in Southern First Bancshares Inc as of Mar 31, 2025. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
97
+4 vs. Q4 2024
Shares held
6.41M
−52.6K (−0.8%) vs. Q4 2024
Total value
$210.9M
−$45.8M (−17.8%) vs. Q4 2024
New holders
10
29 more added
Sold out
6
38 more reduced

1 institution that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 2024: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting SFST on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ1 2025: 97 institutions
Q1 2021: 97 institutionsQ2 2021: 91 institutionsQ3 2021: 94 institutionsQ4 2021: 102 institutionsQ1 2022: 107 institutionsQ2 2022: 103 institutionsQ3 2022: 100 institutionsQ4 2022: 100 institutionsQ1 2023: 90 institutionsQ2 2023: 82 institutionsQ3 2023: 87 institutionsQ4 2023: 92 institutionsQ1 2024: 91 institutionsQ2 2024: 95 institutionsQ3 2024: 101 institutionsQ4 2024: 94 institutionsQ1 2025: 97 institutionsQ2 2025: 102 institutionsQ3 2025: 116 institutionsQ4 2025: 129 institutionsQ1 2026: 149 institutionsQ2 2026: 165 institutions
Value heldQ1 2025: $210.9M
Q1 2021: $288.9MQ2 2021: $317.6MQ3 2021: $333.9MQ4 2021: $396.5MQ1 2022: $320.2MQ2 2022: $275.2MQ3 2022: $263.3MQ4 2022: $291.4MQ1 2023: $191.6MQ2 2023: $157.3MQ3 2023: $168.9MQ4 2023: $235.2MQ1 2024: $201.1MQ2 2024: $184.1MQ3 2024: $216.3MQ4 2024: $257.5MQ1 2025: $210.9MQ2 2025: $245.7MQ3 2025: $288.6MQ4 2025: $343.2MQ1 2026: $372.8MQ2 2026: $522.1M
Institutions holding SFST and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026165$522.1M
Q1 2026149$372.8M
Q4 2025129$343.2M
Q3 2025116$288.6M
Q2 2025102$245.7M
Q1 202597$210.9M
Q4 202494$257.5M
Q3 2024101$216.3M
Q2 202495$184.1M
Q1 202491$201.1M
Q4 202392$235.2M
Q3 202387$168.9M
Q2 202382$157.3M
Q1 202390$191.6M
Q4 2022100$291.4M
Q3 2022100$263.3M
Q2 2022103$275.2M
Q1 2022107$320.2M
Q4 2021102$396.5M
Q3 202194$333.9M
Q2 202191$317.6M
Q1 202197$288.9M

Institutions, Q1 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Southern First Bancshares Inc; share changes are against Q4 2024.

Institutions holding SFST in Q1 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Avion Wealth16$00.00%+16New
Smartleaf Asset Management LLC11$3660.00%−39−78.0%Reduced
True Wealth Design, LLC13$4280.00%+13New
Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC15$4940.00%00.0%Unchanged
Comerica Bank67$2.21K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Coldstream Capital Management Inc71$2.34K0.00%+71New
EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC74$2.44K0.00%+4+5.7%Added
Picton Mahoney Asset Management128$4.00K0.00%+128New
Sterling Capital Management LLC133$4.38K0.00%−114−46.2%Reduced
GAMMA Investing LLC213$7.01K0.00%+141+195.8%Added
Anchor Investment Management, LLC218$7.18K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
ORG Partners LLC268$8.85K0.00%−6−2.2%Reduced
Amalgamated Bank259$9.00K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Versant Capital Management, Inc294$9.68K0.00%+169+135.2%Added
Ronald Blue Trust, Inc.438$14.4K0.00%−252−36.5%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System559$18.4K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
CWM, LLC609$20.0K0.00%+285+88.0%Added
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co608$20.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.613$20.2K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)643$21.2K0.00%−368−36.4%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc726$23.9K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA1,072$35.3K0.00%−256−19.3%Reduced
Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio1,191$39.2K0.00%−1,200−50.2%Reduced
Colonial Trust Co1,205$39.7K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
FMR LLC1,470$48.4K0.00%+11+0.8%Added
Signaturefd, LLC1,904$62.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey2,232$73.5K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
New York State Common Retirement Fund2,763$91.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
SG Americas Securities, LLC3,463$114.0K0.00%−578−14.3%Reduced
Corebridge Financial, Inc.3,781$124.5K0.00%−56−1.5%Reduced
MetLife Investment Management4,294$141.4K0.00%−160−3.6%Reduced
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.4,448$146.4K0.00%+4,448New
Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd.4,638$152.7K0.00%+240+5.5%Added
Colonial Trust Advisors4,848$159.6K0.01%−877−15.3%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG5,568$183.3K0.00%−1,626−22.6%Reduced
Citigroup Inc5,827$191.8K0.00%−585−9.1%Reduced
ELCO Management Co., LLC6,949$228.8K0.13%−746−9.7%Reduced
Mendon Capital Advisors Corp7,096$233.6K0.11%−746−9.5%Reduced
UBS Group AG7,295$240.2K0.00%−8,723−54.5%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company7,633$251.3K0.00%+127+1.7%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC7,926$260.9K0.00%−5,252−39.9%Reduced
Long Focus Capital Management, LLC7,964$262.2K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
State of Wisconsin Investment Board8,100$266.7K0.00%−1,300−13.8%Reduced
Colton Groome Financial Advisors, LLC7,675$272.5K0.11%00.0%Unchanged
Millennium Management LLC8,304$273.4K0.00%+8,304New
Wagner Wealth Management, LLC8,306$273.4K0.07%+2,750+49.5%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.8,382$275.9K0.00%+432+5.4%Added
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co8,535$281.0K0.00%+2,639+44.8%Added
Bank of America Corp9,164$301.7K0.00%+50+0.5%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC9,190$302.5K0.00%+9,190New
Foster Victor Wealth Advisors, LLC10,287$316.5K0.03%+631+6.5%Added
Godsey & Gibb Associates11,660$383.8K0.04%−600−4.9%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers12,034$396.2K0.00%−472−3.8%Reduced
GWM Advisors LLC12,455$410.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
De Lisle Partners LLP12,591$415.6K0.07%00.0%Unchanged
JPMorgan Chase & Co12,953$426.4K0.00%−13,816−51.6%Reduced
Susquehanna International Group, LLP13,335$439.0K0.00%+13,335New
STRS Ohio13,600$447.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Invesco Ltd.14,918$491.1K0.00%−2,663−15.1%Reduced
Trexquant Investment LP15,220$501.0K0.01%+4,680+44.4%Added
Sheets Smith Wealth Management15,805$520.3K0.06%+614+4.0%Added
Empowered Funds, LLC18,637$613.5K0.01%+3,532+23.4%Added
Nuveen, LLC18,714$616.1K0.00%+18,714New
Teton Advisors, Inc.21,000$691.3K0.43%−1,000−4.5%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp21,066$693.5K0.00%−473−2.2%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc21,676$713.6K0.00%+106+0.5%Added
Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al25,500$839.5K0.01%+1,000+4.1%Added
Barclays PLC25,777$848.6K0.00%+465+1.8%Added
Abacus Planning Group, Inc.31,123$1.02M0.18%00.0%Unchanged
Captrust Financial Advisors31,123$1.02M0.00%+672+2.2%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP34,109$1.12M0.00%−31,331−47.9%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada34,910$1.15M0.00%+890+2.6%Added
Gabelli Funds LLC36,650$1.21M0.01%+3,609+10.9%Added
Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC42,397$1.40M0.12%00.0%Unchanged
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.43,306$1.43M0.00%−1,337−3.0%Reduced
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC48,675$1.60M0.04%−4,768−8.9%Reduced
Acadian Asset Management LLC52,014$1.71M0.00%−1,193−2.2%Reduced
Morgan Stanley53,027$1.75M0.00%−1,530−2.8%Reduced
SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC57,671$1.90M0.21%−1,135−1.9%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.58,792$1.94M0.00%−4,765−7.5%Reduced
Fourthstone LLC66,181$2.18M0.54%+66,181New
Goldman Sachs Group Inc66,603$2.19M0.00%+3,074+4.8%Added
Northern Trust Corp78,541$2.59M0.00%−739−0.9%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC99,307$3.27M0.00%−4,300−4.2%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc101,461$3.34M0.00%+3,902+4.0%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.139,331$4.59M0.00%+9,821+7.6%Added
State Street Corp161,364$5.31M0.00%−2,330−1.4%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC176,760$5.82M0.00%+5,372+3.1%Added
rhino investment partners, Inc210,121$6.92M1.71%−20,100−8.7%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc279,921$9.21M0.00%+1,372+0.5%Added
Banc Funds Co LLC299,920$9.87M1.30%−19,115−6.0%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP360,900$11.9M0.00%+10,025+2.9%Added
Vanguard Group Inc420,761$13.9M0.00%−539−0.1%Reduced
Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc589,016$19.4M7.20%+8,608+1.5%Added
BlackRock, Inc.759,179$25.0M0.00%−11,383−1.5%Reduced
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.802,974$26.4M0.02%+5,931+0.7%Added
FJ Capital Management LLC807,223$26.6M2.75%00.0%Unchanged
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−67,184−100.0%Sold out
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc0$00.00%−15,746−100.0%Sold out
Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc0$00.00%−8,168−100.0%Sold out